I’m not talking politics, I’m talking basic human decency. In a Post article describing how many anti-choice groups feel partial birth abortions are over-hyped, we find this comment by a Focus spokesperson:

Doctors adopted the late-term procedure “out of convenience,” Minnery added. “The old procedure, which is still legal, involves using forceps to pull the baby apart in utero, which means there is greater legal liability and danger of internal bleeding from a perforated uterus. So we firmly believe there will be fewer later-term abortions as a result of this ruling.”

As a number of commentators have pointed out, this is explicitly saying the life of the mother doesn’t matter, that her ability to have future children doesn’t matter, and that all that matters is the life of the fetus.

It just highlights the hypocrisy of this so-called pro-life movement. It explains, in a single paragraph, why any group would oppose an HPV vaccine for women, or why they are against medical exceptions for abortion restrictions. These so-called pro-lifers are sacrificing women to further their political crusade. That’s just evil.

Update: AAAAGH, this is pissing me off still. Think about what he said: reducing “danger of internal bleeding” == “convenience”. WTF is wrong with this man and why is he and his organization looked up for moral guidance.

You can read more over at Pandagon, where Amanda reminds us, once again, that the majority of IDX procedures are performed because a pregnancy has gone very badly. Not that you’ll read that in much of the reporting on this issue.